USC Physical Therapy Continuing Education

Elevate your approach to soccer injury rehab ⚽️

Gain practical strategies to assess, treat, and progress athletes with confidence from initial injury through return-to-play.

Join USC BKN & PT + PSPTA for a focused, evidence-based learning experience.

📅 Saturday, June 13, 2026
🖥️ Live Online | 8am-1pm PST

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Low back pain remains one of the most common and complex conditions encountered in orthopedic physical therapy.

Join us for Session 1: Low Back & Pelvis in the 2026–2027 USC Ortho PT Seminar Series: Guidelines-based Management of Common Musculoskeletal Disorders

📍 Los Angeles, CA
📅 July 31 – August 2, 2026

Over 3 intensive days, participants will integrate current evidence, movement analysis, manual therapy, and exercise progression into practical clinical decision-making.

Topics include:
✔️ ICF-based clinical reasoning
✔️ Pelvic girdle and lumbar spine examination
✔️ Movement analysis & movement reeducation
✔️ Manual innominate, sacroiliac, and lumbar procedures
✔️ Trunk, pelvis, and hip exercise progressions
✔️ Differential considerations for somatic, referred, and radicular low back pain
✔️ Identifying risk for chronic pain and disability

Designed for clinicians seeking practical, evidence-informed strategies they can immediately apply in practice.

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Learn skills that define effective sideline providers with our upcoming course, Management of Acute Sports Injuries & Illnesses.

Participants will develop essential competencies in acute care, including:
• Primary and secondary assessment
• Medical and traumatic emergency response
• Bleeding and wound management
• Fracture and dislocation management
• Dermatology and disease transmission considerations
• Legal and ethical decision-making

📍 Los Angeles
📅 July 18–19, 2026



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⏳ Ready to level up your strength assessment skills?

Join USC BKN & PT, with the support of ActivForce, and learn how to:
✔️ Detect strength deficits with precision
✔️ Track outcomes with confidence
✔️ Integrate HHD into real-world practice

📅 May 30, 2026
⏰ 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM PT
📍 Los Angeles, CA

Spots are limited! Secure yours today.
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We’re excited to introduce Panel #3 at our upcoming symposium:

“The ‘Stress’ Is On - Moving Towards Future Tendinopathy Care”
This timely discussion will feature:
• YuJen Chang, PT, MS, PhD – researcher studying how musculoskeletal disorders influence movement, with a focus on tendon mechanics and collagen structure
• Oscar Vila-Dieguez, PT, PhD – researcher exploring exercise-based recovery in tendinopathy using wearable sensors and ultrasound imaging
• Lisa Noceti-Dewit, PT, DPT, OCS, ATC, SCS – PT and ATC with over 20 years of experience working with collegiate athletes and collaborator in studies on jumping athletes

Together, this panel will explore emerging perspectives on tendon loading, adaptation, and evidence-based strategies to optimize care and performance.

Join us for what promises to be a forward-thinking and clinically relevant conversation. RSVP with Link in Bio!

⛸️ REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN ⛸️

Join us for our 2-part continuing education series:
Breaking the Ice: Clinical Assessment, Rehabilitation, and Performance Optimization for Figure Skaters ❄️

Designed for PTs, ATs, PTAs, physicians, performing arts and sports medicine professionals looking to enhance care for skating athletes.

✨ Register for BOTH sessions and take advantage of our Bundle & Save pricing!
📅 Session 1: June 24, 2026
📅 Session 2: July 1, 2026
🕕 6–8 PM PST
🖥️ Live ONLINE

Learn evidence-informed strategies for assessment, injury prevention, rehabilitation, and return-to-skate performance optimization.

Spots are limited — register early!
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Registration: https://web.cvent.com/event/52a6dfbb-51ca-4a46-8a3d-f4b880b23cc3/summary

In soccer, movement is everything and so is understanding injury.

This course breaks down:
⚡ Sprinting, cutting, kicking, heading mechanics
🦵 Common lower extremity injuries
🔁 Overuse + load management strategies
🏃‍♂️ Sport-specific rehab + agility training
📅 June 13, 2026
⏰ 8am - 1pm PST
💻Live Online

Enhance your clinical reasoning and elevate your athlete outcomes.

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Clinical confidence is built through practice not passive learning.

Management of Acute Sports Injuries & Illnesses
📅 July 18–19, 2026
📍Los Angeles

This course is delivered entirely in person through:
• Focused lectures
• Interactive lab sessions
• Scenario-based training

Participants will actively apply skills in realistic sideline and emergency situations.

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❄️ SAVE THE DATE ❄️

Join us for a 2-part continuing education course designed for rehabilitation and medical professionals working with figure skaters and athletic performers. ⛸️

Breaking the Ice: Clinical Assessment, Rehabilitation, and Performance Optimization for Figure Skaters

📅 Session 1: June 24, 2026 | 6–8 PM
Clinical Assessment & Injury Risk Screening of the Figure Skater
📅 Session 2: July 1, 2026 | 6–8 PM
Skating on the Edge: Return-to-Skate After Injury & Performance Optimization Strategies

This course will explore:
✨ Figure skating biomechanics & training demands
✨ Jump mechanics & landing analysis
✨ Rotational asymmetry & unilateral loading
✨ Screening tools specific to skaters
✨ Rehabilitation & return-to-sport strategies
✨ Clinical reasoning for the skating athlete

Perfect for: Athletic Trainers, Physical Therapists, PTAs, Physicians, Sports Medicine & Performing Arts clinicians.

Enhance your clinical expertise and elevate care for figure skaters ⛸️

Take a deeper dive into hand-held dynamometry

In this USC BKN & PT course, in collaboration with ActivForce, you’ll go beyond basics to:
✔️ Understand reliability and validity of HHD
✔️ Evaluate its clinical utility across settings
✔️ Build assessment and documentation strategies using objective data

Designed for clinicians who want precision, not guesswork.

📅 May 30, 2026
⏰ 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM PT
📍 USC Health Sciences Campus
🖥️ Live online 
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